Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 11:22:13 -0400 From: mikel king <mikel.king@olivent.com> To: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dennis Ritchie has died. A suggestion Message-ID: <70234D79-9531-4E6B-AF33-2A399BC0057C@olivent.com> In-Reply-To: <20111013203815.GA77278@slackbox.erewhon.net> References: <20111013203815.GA77278@slackbox.erewhon.net>
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On Oct 13, 2011, at 4:38 PM, Roland Smith wrote: > With the recent death of Dennis Ritchie, we've lost one of the giants on whose > shoulders we are standing. But rather that mourn his passing, I think it would > be proper to remember and celebrate his achievements. > > His contributions to the C language and the UNIX operating system are a > legacy that few can match. > > Therefore I would like to propose that the FreeBSD project dedicate the > upcoming 9.0 release in his memory. > > Alternatively, an tribute on the FreeBSD website would be fitting, wouldn't it? > > Roland > -- > R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ > [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] > pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) I have placed a notice on BSD News about this suggestion and hopefully we can get the attention of the developer community. Regards, Mikel King BSD News Network http://bsdnews.net skype: mikel.king http://twitter.com/mikelkinghelp
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